Loading a Bike Into a Truck Can Be Tricky - Here's How To Keep It Safe & Easy With This New Tailgate
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Depending on what bike you have and what truck you use to carry it, loading your motorcycle can be a tricky process. In this video, Alex goes through the steps to safely and easily load up your bike without running into major issues.
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Good tips. Beats learning these lessons the hard way.
Working at a motorcycle shop over a ten year period, I got to see a lot of folks mess that up! Spitting ramps out, riding up the ramps and crashing or just plain old fashioned whiskey throttle right into the back window! Trashing out both the truck and the atv. Like riding, it all takes practice! Great info Alex!
From personal experience I can tell you that 4 reasonably strong men can load 500 lb bike into the back of a pickup without ramps pretty easily. Of course, you'll need those 4 guys to unload the bike, too.
or two guys can load/unload a 250 lb dirtbike pretty easily
One good tip is if you don't have soft loops to attach your hooks, instead of using metal hooks directly on painted or chrome metal bike parts, run the hook through and around your attachment point and back next to the strap. Then pull strap through the hook's hole (where it attaches to strap) and loop around the hook. That makes a soft attachment point that will not come loose or scrath your paint or chrome.
I don't ride, but there is some good info in this for anything you may need to strap down in your truck. Great Job Alex, now just waiting for the comment trolls to come and tell you how wrong you are...LOL 😂🤣
The Mighty Hawk!!!... Good morning Alex!!!... learning more n more about bikes... thanks 🙂
An alternative to safety hooks would be hookless straps. You also don't need extra soft shackles with those. I tie down (when possible) to the handle bars to give to most leverage for holding strength.
That gm tailgate really make it easier
I do like those 'safety hooks' as there's not much worse than having one ( or more ) of those hooks pop off.
When I haul my ATV is like the wheel tire down system that hooks in to a secured rack track on the bed of my trailer/truck, that way then the wheels stay put and the suspension of the ATV can bounce and jounce but the vehicle stays put.
Apparently most straps come loose because the bikes do bounce on their own suspension as you drive along, but the wheels stay in place.
Those folding ramps are really good as they can be safely stowed inside the cab and locked up; keeps them from 'walking away'!
The reason you always strap the back of anything you haul a bike or car is if you get in an accident the back of that bike can fly up. It is always sad when I see people tie the front of a vehicle on a trailer and do not think about the back end, it needs to be tied with the best tie downs. When you need to lock up your brakes or get Tboned you will want the back end of anything you haul tied down.
I will say especially without using the thing that lets you sinch down hard on the front forks its a wedge so the fork doesnt compress..anyhow chalks for the front tire have a purpose especially when theres some bounce still left in the front forks..you need to strap the front tire so it cant come out from under the bike if say you hit a bump and the straps get some slack allowung the front tire to slip out from under the bike..strap that front tire from both sides so its rock solid under the bike or use the chalk its not just some randomely stupid part on a motercycle trailer!
Hey guys, thnx for the video. By the way, that cool blue harley may have an alignment issue seen from the behind, the back tire doesnt seem to be aligned to the front, better get them checked.
Great job Alex...
Cam lock is the 1st strap
Hello all , happy holidays , ride safe.
how do you load a 1000lbs atv into the back of a gmc with the multipro tail gate?
Jump it in ◀️
Carefully
Nice work Alex !
I agree 100% with you on those Rhino straps. By far those Rhino straps are the best I have found.
We have tried countless types and brands of straps . Rhino has not only proven to have superior quality they also have those well thought out features you were pointing out.
I use them throughout our business for hauling cargo and equipment.
Helpful. I would say this is a method novice should not try. But good for anyone else with experience. Used to ride mine up the back. lol. And literally pick it up and swing it in to. Many methods. I like the trailer hitch carrier best these days. No ramps, no incline, don't even need a truck. Can use it on SUV's or even cars.
Nice truck bro
What size was the truck bed?
awesome video
A way easier and safer alternative is to go rent the uhaul motorcycle carrier. It has a built in chock for one or two bikes and a ton of tie down points for about $10-$15 a day and enough insurance to fully cover your bike.
I don't see how it's easier or safer...? Doesn't make any sense to me if you already have a truck. It's safer just by not having to pull a trailer. And use the safety hooks or hookless straps and you are good to go... But hey if that works for you go for it.
@@tivowillieb lifting the bike or using a ramp seems to be where things can go really really wrong. Especially if you are solo
I ride dirtbikes regularly and have seen more guys dump their bikes by walking them up/down the ramp and losing control of them to opposite side. Most guys just ride em on...
I have always used the clutch up technique to load bikes into truck beds. That said, when I bought a real dirtbike, it didn’t work. Knobbies + two stroke = spinning (for me at least).
I recently switched from center of the bed to loading front wheel in the left, front bed corner. Close the bed. Take bike off side stand. Pull the rear wheel against the tail gate, fairly upright. Ratchet strap from left subframe near frame mount to left rear tie down point on bed. On right side, I go from fork, by lower triple clamp with a soft tie to right front tie down point. On a sportbike, you’d need to go with bar clamp (I prefer vortex) and also do the left bar. This would be sportbike and other full fairing bikes only.
Next “towing a bike” review should be on a Pit Bull TRS. Total game changer.
Nice job on these videos though. RUclips needs help in the motorcycle world.
What about unloading? As it’s backwards
Put the bike in gear and use the clutch to control the backward descent. From unfortunate experience I can tell you that a front tire can lock easily on the slippery truck bed causing the bike to slide down the ramp out of control. With the rear tire on the ramp that won't happen.
You could also ride on it and feather both brakes. If you've got a trailer that would be ideal as it's not as high off the ground and you've got more space.
easy with a 200 lbs bike now lets see that with a 515 lbs bike then back out and down again
Insurance IS the Devil ‼️
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Stop hauling the bike and start riding the bike ;)